Hill v. Four-Leaf Coal Co.

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

This is an action for workmen’s compensation benefits, in which both parties have appealed from the final judgment of the trial court.

The employee, Julius Hill, is 55 years of age; he has no formal education and has worked as a coal miner most of his adult life. He had worked in underground coal mines for about fourteen years prior to his employment by the defendant below, Four-Leaf Coal Company. He then was employed by the defendant as a truck driver in a strip-mining operation, and he worked for the defendant for approximately nine years prior to terminating his…